There are 37 books in the Deathlands series. The newest book is The Mars Arena which came out in 1997.

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Encounter

Encounter
Before the odyssey began... there was the Trader. Stories of the Trader and his convoy of war wagons endure in the badlands of post-holocaust America. A dealer in Deathlands' most precious commodities--weapons and fuel--Trader takes note of a young Ryan Cawdor. Surrounded in myth and rumor, Trader sets into motion…
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2
Pilgrimage To Hell

Book cover of Pilgrimage To Hell
On a crisp January day, a Presidential inauguration day, a one-megaton blast ripped through the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C.

Subsequent explosions around the globe changed the face and the shape of the earth forever. Out of the ruins emerged Deathlands, a world that conspired against survival.

In the blasted…

6
Homeward Bound

Book cover of Homeward Bound
Ryan Cawdor's post-holocaust odyssey across America is about to come full circle Ryan Cawdor is going home.

Forced away from Front Royal by a power-mad brother who had already committed fratricide, Ryan had roamed a devastated America searching out the small pockets of life where civilization was being reborn.

Emerging…

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Dectra Chain

Book cover of Dectra Chain
The world blew out in 2001. Vast areas of what was the United States lie beneath an umbrella of noxious dust and radioactive debris, a mantle of destruction drawn over a land of doom. Much of the East Coast has been obliterated; the Southwest is a land of fire; cities…

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Northstar Rising

Northstar Rising
A century after a global nuclear holocaust, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warriors wander through the tropical jungles of Minnesota, where they stumble upon an abandoned cryonics complex, revive Dr. Mildred Wyeth from suspended animation, and battle a Viking menace

16
Chill Factor

Chill Factor
Journeying to the wastelands of the forty-ninth parallel to rescue his son, Ryan Cawdor, along with his band of post-apocalyptic survivors, must battle a legion of hunter androids, designed to kill intruders. Original.

17
Moon Fate

Moon Fate
Out of the ruins of a nuclear-ravaged America emerges a band or warriors, who struggle against a mutant tyrant bent on human sacrifice to find a better life in the Deathlands. Original.

19
Shockscape

Shockscape
Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists chart a perilous journey across the desolate Rocky Mountains to deliver the hired killers of a small boy to the boy's father. Original.

20
Deep Empire

Deep Empire
Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior-survivalists find a refuge from the horrors of the post-holocaust world at a marine research center created to study dolphins, until they discover that the dolphins are being trained as killers. Original.

21
Cold Asylum

Cold Asylum
Tracking rumors that could lead them to the long-lost Trader, Ryan Cawdor and his team of warrior survivalists find themselves unwilling houseguests at the opulent estate of the wealthy and perverse Baron Mandeville. Original.

22
Twilight Children

Twilight Children
Fighting for survival in post-holocaust America, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warriors struggle from one area of devastation to another, shaken by the mind-bending affects of the mat-trans, until they emerge into a promised land. Original.

23
Rider, Reaper

Rider, Reaper
Finding himself struggling for survival and revenge in the violent post-holocaust world of Deathlands, Ryan Cawdor and a vengeful band of Indian allies seek a bloodthirsty general and his band of paramilitary killers. Original.

24
Road Wars

Road Wars
A mysterious message about the long-lost Trader takes Ryan Cawdor and the Armorer on a perilous odyssey to the Pacific Northwest, while Krysty Wroth and the rest of the warrior survivalists face off against enemies out to destroy their weakened group. Original.

25
Genesis Echo

Genesis Echo
Finding themselves reluctant guests at a reactivated Maine medical institute, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists become the victims of unethical scientific research that threatens Krysty Wroth's special powers. Original.

26
Shadowfall

Shadowfall
The nuclear conflagration that had nearly consumed the world generations ago stripped away most of its bounty, throwing survivors back to more savage ways of existence. Amid the ruins, Ryan Cawdor leads the daring few who wage a grim battle in a quest for a better future. As elsewhere in…

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Ground Zero

Ground Zero
Deathlands is a desolate and mute testimony to the aftermath of the nuclear blasts that laid waste the earth. Wayfarers in their blighted world, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists search for a better future in the devastated ruins of a once-proud land. The radiation-poisoned hellhole is their…

28
Emerald Fire

Emerald Fire
The global apocalypse of 2001 did not destroy the world--only a way of life. Now, three generations after the blast, the indomitable human spirit struggles against the devastation and hopelessness. For one band of survivors, hope lies in hidden gateways, portals to uncertain places of salvation or doom. The Amazon…

29
Hellbenders

Hellbenders
Out of the ashes of the conflagration that savaged mankind two centuries ago, Deathlands was born - a tortured testament to a world long gone. Yet, in this kill-or-be-killed world where justice is the way of the past and blood is law, hope is the last refuge of the doomed.…

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Crossways

Crossways
Emerging from a gateway with companions in tow, Ryan Cawdor is forced to make an unsettling decision in regard to the red-haired Krysty Wroth, who harbors a personal desire for revenge. Original.

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Keepers of the Sun

Keepers of the Sun
Jumping through a secret gateway from their pre-nuclear world, Ryan Cawdor and his survivalist group find themselves in a fallen nation that is shadowed by samurai rulers that threaten Cawdor's world. Original.

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Circle Thrice

Circle Thrice
Visiting the villa of a powerful Tennessee baroness and her mysterious advisor, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists learn of her skills in the dark arts and her ruthless ambitions to secure her future. Original.

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Eclipse at Noon

Eclipse at Noon
Finding themselves on board the remains of a Mississippi pleasure boat, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists enjoy gambling with its genial captain, until the stakes escalate to human life proportions. Original.

34
Stoneface

Stoneface
Discovering the still-standing Mount Rushmore, Ryan Cawdor and his band of post-apocalypse warriors are forced to breach its stronghold, where they discover a surprising cache of twentieth-century technology. Original.

35
Skydark

Skydark
It's now generations after the firestorm that nearly consumed the earth, but the survivors haven't yet finished paying for the sins of the fathers. All of life suffered and of those that survived, not all survived well. This cradle of life is now home to forms fallen far from their…

36
Demons of Eden

Demons of Eden
In the aftermath of a nuclear firestorm that destroyed a way of life forever, humankind is less at home on Earth than ever before, but in the Deathlands, an intrepid group of wayfarers continues its determined fight for survival and a better future. Original.

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The Mars Arena

The Mars Arena
In the altered reality of the Deathlands, America's coastal waters have not escaped the ravages of the nuclear holocaust, but the awesome power of the oceans still rules--a power that will give Ryan Cawdor, first among postholocaust survivors, a chance at victory. Original.